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Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Review: In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Lucy Barton confronts the pandemic
Despite its grim backdrop, ‘Lucy by the Sea’ offers considerable pleasures, among them a chance to spend more time with Barton, a recurring Strout character.
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OFF RADAR: ‘The Midcoast: A Novel’
Adam White’s first novel barrels head-on into class frictions along Maine’s coast.
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In a debut novel set on a fictional Maine island, an unusual boy comes of age
The orphaned ‘Faron Goss’ struggles to overcome his haunted childhood in a tight-knit lobstering community.
Posted inBooks, Food & Dining
‘Foodtopia’ and the fifth wave: Maine’s millennial farmers stand on the shoulders of their forebears
Maine author Margot Anne Kelley’s new book explores historic back-to-the-land movements and how they helped today’s young breakaway farmers succeed.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Benjamin Franklin Butler’ and ‘On the Wrong Side of the River’
A fabulous biography of ‘Colby’s most important Civil War-era alumnus,’ and stories from a Maine Guide
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AUTHOR EVENT: Kathleen Stone
Chat with Champions talk focuses on ‘They Called Us Girls’
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Bedside table: A book to convert even the nonfiction reader
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Gender Queer’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.